Coffin Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 615 people in Coffin Bay of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Coffin Bay was 54 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.7% of the population.

Of people in Coffin Bay aged 15 years and over, 51.6% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coffin Bay was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Coffin Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coffin Bay was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Coffin Bay 17.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.5% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 11.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coffin Bay were English 34.6%, Australian 32.3%, Scottish 6.8%, Irish 6.6% and German 6.2%.

In Coffin Bay, 85.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, New Zealand 2.0%, Korea, Republic of (South) 0.7%, Netherlands 0.7% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Coffin Bay, 75.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coffin Bay were No Religion 32.7%, Uniting Church 16.3%, Anglican 14.5%, Catholic 12.4% and Lutheran 5.2%.

In Coffin Bay 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Italian 0.5%, Russian 0.5%, Korean 0.5% and Maori (New Zealand) 0.5%.

Employment

There were 273 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coffin Bay. Of these 52.4% were employed full time, 33.0% were employed part-time and 7.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coffin Bay, 14.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coffin Bay was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Coffin Bay included Managers 21.3%, Labourers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Professionals 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9% and Sales Workers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Coffin Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Aquaculture 11.8%, Accommodation 6.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7% and Pubs, Taverns and Bars 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coffin Bay was $457.

In Coffin Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.7%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Walked only 5.1%, Other 3.1% and Truck 2.7%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coffin Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.9% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.6% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Coffin Bay, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coffin Bay, 21.7% were couple families with children, 68.0% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Coffin Bay 38.9% of single parents were male and 61.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coffin Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,350 and those without children was $1,474.

Employment status of couple families

In Coffin Bay, of couple families with children, 14.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 11.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coffin Bay, 46.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 53.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coffin Bay, 91.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.9% were flats, units or apartments and 3.6% were other dwellings.

In Coffin Bay, of occupied private dwellings 10.6% had 1 bedroom, 20.7% had 2 bedrooms and 47.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coffin Bay, 41.5% were owned outright, 36.2% were owned with a mortgage and 22.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Coffin Bay, of all households, 69.9% were family households, 28.5% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Coffin Bay, 37.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Coffin Bay, 37.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coffin Bay, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 36.4%) were male and 7 (or 63.6%) were female. The median age was 38 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Coffin Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Coffin Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,105.